Question

In each question below are three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:-
No table is wood.
Some woods are chairs.
All chairs are stones.

Conclusions:-
I. No stone is a table.
II. Some stones are woods.

• A. Only conclusion I follows
• B. Only conclusion II follows
• C. Either conclusion I or II follows
• D. Neither conclusion I nor II follows
• E. Both conclusions I and II follow

Answer 1

The correct option is B Only conclusion II follows

Mediate term of the following statement No table is wood. (E-type)
$E+I-O_R-type$
Some woods are chairs. (I-type)
some chairs are not table.
Another mediate term is some woods are chairs. (I-type)
All chairs are stones (A-type)
$I+A\to I-type$
Some woods are stones
Conversion some stones are woods.
(Conclusion II follows)
or

Only conclusion II follows.